Interior building construction.



PATBNTED JAN. 16, 1906.

No. @0.291.v

y W. O. MANN. INTERIOR BUILDING CONSTRUCTION.

APPLIUATION FILED JUNE 27, 1904.

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PATENTED JAN. 16, 1906.

W. D. MANN. INTERIOR BUILDINGCONSTRUGTION.

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Specification of Letters Patent.'

Patented Jan.' 1e, 1906;

Application filed June 2'7, 1904. 'Serial No. 214,409.`

To a/ZZ whom it may concern:4 l

Be it known that I, .WILLIAM D. MANN, a

l citizen of the United States, residing at Chition, of which the following is a cago, in the county of Cook andl'State of' Illinols, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Interior Buildin 'Construcful clear, concise, and exact description,'reference being -had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this spec1fication-- My invention relates to interior construction-work for buildings, and especially to the construction of interior Walls and fittings. Prominent objects of the invention are to rovide a simple, practical, and inexpensive interior construction. for buildings; to permit the walls with their fittings, or trims, as they are called, to be constructed in'a. simple and expeditious manner and with avgreat saving of time and labor as compared'with the present construction of such walls; to make the same iireproof, and to secure the foregoin and other desirable results in a practica and effective manner.

vIn accordance with my invention, I firstv prepare a'completed and finished trim for interior Walls, 'consisting of base-pieces, doorjambs, window-frames, chair-rails, picturemoldings, ,ca s, and similar devices. Part of the trim, suc as the door and Window frames and base-pieces, are secured in position and then the wall-frame lis erected. Then other parts of the trim-as, for instance, the chair and picture rails-are secured in position, and then the wall is finished, as by plastering it. If thewall is of tile, such tile is erected and then plastered after the trim is 'in position.

Any. other construction of wall can be similarly built. After the wall is'erected-and fini ished the trim is cleaned 0H, if need be, the chances bein that more orless plaster will have been spashed or dropped upon it. The wall with its trim is thus completedand the plaster can harden after such completion. It. will be seen that this aoids a very cheap and simple construction of wall, and at the same time there is a great saving in time. Ordinarily the wall structure is erected and plas' tered, and then the plaster allowed to harden before the trim is'added. This waiting for the plaster to harden occupies considerable time, which undesirably dela s the construction and completion of the uilding and at the same time affords actual nancial loss to the building owners by delaying the time Whenthepremises can 'e rented.

In the :t ecompanying drawings, Figure'l is' a side elevation of a wall structure constructf y Y Figs. 2 '60,v

ed in accordance with my invention. 3, 4, and 5 are sections taken on lines 2 2', 3 3,' 4 4, and '55, respectively, in Fig. 1, on an enlarged scale. I* igs. 6 and 7 are views of parts' shown in Fig. 1, also on an enlarged scale..l .v

Referring first to Fig. 1 I have shown a wall structureAin elevation, and a cross-Wall B in vertical section. The wall A is rovided with a door C and windows D D.l wall is also shown provided withasingle basepiece 1, a chair-rail 2, and a picture moldin vor railing 3. The wall B is shown provide with a double'base-piece 4, chair-rails 5 5, one

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on'each side, anda double picture-railing convenientlymade 'in the form of a capA 6. The base-pieces 1 and 4 are first prepared and finished and then secured imposition 'upon the floor. The door jamb 8, forming. the frame for the door, is also previously prepared and secured in position.

the chair-rails 2 and 5 and picture-moldings 3 and 6 are secured in position. The wal is The wall structure A is then erected exclusive of the plastering, and

then plastered and the trim is cleaned off when the wall is in a completed condition and the laster is'allowed to dry and harden.

f T e various fittings or trimmings of the base-pieces, the railings, &c., constitutin what is commonly known as the trim, can

be of any suitable or desired construction.

As a preferred arrangement, however, they are made of sheet metal filled with cement. For

examiple, the singlebase-piece 1 is'formed of a lengt rope'r' shape and into a somewhat tubular Form and is then filled with concrete 10. The chair-rails Zand 5 and picture-moldings 3 are similarly formed of sheet-metal strips 11` and 12, filled with concrete 10. The double baseof sheet metal 9, formed into the piece 4, the -door-j amb 8, and the double pic- A ture-molding 6 are likewise formed of sheetmetal strips ro erly bent and filled with cement; but aii ci) these members are given a socket construction so that a portion of the IOO Wall fits into them, as well shown in Figs. 5, 6,

and 7. These elementsl are desirably constructed and :finished beforehand in any, de-

sired way. n The exterior faces of the sheet metal strips can 'be varnished or painted or stained to give them the appearance of various kinds of Woods, as desired. This construction, in addition to being inexpensive and durable, is ireproof, so that the Whole Wallstructure will form a ireproof construction.

It Will be understood that changes ,and modifications can be made in the structure herein set forth and especially in the particular arrangement and construction of the trim Without departing from the spirit oi my invention.

What I claim s-,

l. The method of erecting and securing in position the interior walls of a building, which consists in first preparing the trim, then placing then erecting t e Wall exclusive of its plaster, then securing other parts of the trim in place, andthen finishing the Wall,`substantially as described.

'2. The method of erecting and securing in position the interior Walls of a building,which consists in placing parts of the trim in position, then erectin the Wall-frame, then placing other parts ot the trim in position, and then plastering to the trim, substantially as described`r 3. The method of building interior Walls, which consists in iirstpreparing a base-piece, chair and picture rails, then setting the basepiece and picture-rail in position, then erectlng the Wall-frame, then setting 'the chairrails in position., and then plastering the Wallframe, substanti es described.

4. The meth"` v"rior Walls, which consists r, n 's a-door-gamb, picture and chair rails, setting the base-piece and door-jambin-position,

l erecting the wall-trame, setting the railings in position, and then plastering the Y, Wallframe, substantially as described.

The method of building interior Walls,

which consists in first prefparing the trim,v

then setting certain parts o the trim in position on the floor, then erecting the wallirane, than setting the other parts of the' trim by securing them to the wall-frame, and finally iinishing the wail-frame, substantialiy as cle-:scribed` i The step in the method oi erecting and securing in position the interior Walls of a arts of the trim in positionl einem beyond the same, in combinationl with a portion lof the ermanent Wall structure tting into said soc et whereby the trim can be first set and then the Wall structure'built and finished, substantially as described.

9. The method of erecting interior Walls, which consists in placing a socketed basepiece, a socketed picture-mold cap, Aand a socketed door-jamb in osition, then building the Wall-frame, an thenplastering the same.

10. The method of erecting interior Walls,

Which consists in placing a socketed basepiece, a socketedupicture-mold cap and a.

socketed door-frame in position, then building the Wall, then securing a chair-rail to the wall-frame, and then lastering such frame.

il. A trim for building constructions', consisting of a sheet-metal strip formed into the shape of the trim for opposite sides of the same Wall, and lled with cement made in socket form to receive the wall structure, lsubstantially as described.

i2. The combination with an interior building-Wall, of trim therefor, extending from the Wall-frame through the finish, substantially as described.

13 .i The combination with an interior building-Wall,A of a trim therefor comprising a socketv member adapted to receive the frame construction of the wall and to serve as trim for the opposite side ofthe wall, substantially as described.

In Witness whereof I hereunto subscribe my name this 8th day of June, A. D. i904.

, WILLIAM I). MANN.

Viitnesses:

A. MILLER hummm,

I. C. LEE. 

